RAIDERS have broken into a prison and made off with a haul of cigarettes.

The thieves entered a storage area at HMP Kirkham near Preston, Lancashire, and stole £8,000 worth of tobacco.

A spokeswoman for Lancashire Constabulary said: "We can confirm that we are looking into a report of a theft of a large quantity of tobacco after an outbuilding within Kirkham Prison was broken into earlier this month."